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A year after winning the Midwest Conference Tournament and qualifying for the NCAA Division III playoffs, Lake Forest College's softball team (11-3) is still in the winning groove. LFC started this season with nine straight wins during a trip to Florida and now is getting ready for Thursday's nonconference doubleheader at home against the University of Chicago. LFC wound up with a 9-1 record in Florida, then dropped two 6-5 games to Elmhurst (9-3) before sweeping Wheaton College by 7-4 scores last weekend. Bad weather forced a doubleheader last weekend with Illinois College to be postponed. Two area graduates start for the Foresters, and both are hitting for average and...

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